Thursday, March 22, 2007

Well, MY Bracket Is Busted

Damn! Well, I needed Southern Illinois to upset Kansas for my "differential" pick in the Sweet 16. But in the end, I needed Texas A&M -- one of my Final Four teams -- to win even more. (Sigh. Another year, another middling pool finish.) -- D.S.

I had Memphis but I lost Southern Illinois; i still have a chance for 7 round of 8 teams and 4 final four teams; though my brackets hinge on oregon making their way to the finals so basically i resigned myself to losing when i turned it in haha

Wow what a stressful night. Do you know how hard it is to watch a tense game like the KU-SIU one and not be able to swear when your team screws up because of a 2 yr old kid. Or when A&M can't get a rebound to win a game. Wow what great games.

Unfortunately the main discussion will be on the following things tomorrow.

1. How do you call that foul on A&M when battling for a rebound?

2. 2.0?

3. If the officials didn't blow the Julian Wright dunk in the 1st half. It was a shot clock violation.

I was suspicious at the time of the clock on the foul. I thought it should have been 4.2 instead of 3.1 because thats what I saw when I looked at the clock right after the whistle blew. Unfortunetly they didn't show us the replay with the clock so I couldn't check.

I will clearly see this on Sportscenter tonight as well as the great ESPN feature "Here's what the clock should have been" where they use their own clock.

I think it should've been 2.5 or 2.6 but my suspicion is that when we see the replay of the play before, we will know that that the clock should never have been down to 3.1 before that.

There are calls that referees miss (it's okay, that happens), and then there are calls when the referees cannot possibly be watching the game.

Evidence: Julian Wright dunking after the shot clock goes off, no goal tending call on a shot missed by Jamal Tatum after getting fouled, and a shot clock violation turnover on SIU after their three pointer clearly grazed the rim.

Clearly grazed the rim? They had to show the replay slow motion before you could see the ball change directions after touching the rim. If it takes slow motion for tv viewers to be able to see it, you can't expect a referee to always get the call right.

Hey I had the salukis going to the final four in one of my brackets. I had texas, So Ill, The OSU, and UF in my bracket in the quickie readers group (douglas 1, 47.2 percentile.) I rock. Tennessee is dropping treys like deadheads drop acid. Who cares as long as the Gators win it all.

I know it has been said time and time again but hell Oden looks like he is 35. Has there ever been a college player who looked older than him? Plus that dirty beard makes him look like an extra in "Darktown Strutters."

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